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Sabbath, January 11, 2025
On the last day of 2024, as Shelley and I were returning home from a morning walk, I noticed what you see above (I’ve shown both the front and the back sides). It’s about four inches long, and I found it on the sidewalk of a corner house leading into our cul-de-sac. It looks as though it’s made of a cork-like wood, but there was nothing nearby which it appeared to have broken off from. I don’t even know if it’s a word at all, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be something from nature.
The reason I photographed it front-and-back is that I do not know what it is, and thought that a reverse view may have given a clue, but it doesn’t seem to. If you can identify what it says, you’re welcome to email me at maylanschurch@gmail.com with your solution.
But right now, for me at least, this is a mystery word (and maybe not even a word). It’s confusing to me because I don’t have the whole story.
As 2025 creeps inexorably under our feet, we’ll probably experience real confusion a number of times. And while the Bible isn’t going to tell me what my four-inch corklike inscription might mean, it’s a dependable de-coding manual when it comes to how to live our lives. Check out the verses at the link below: